i think of myself as a jenny. the rest of the world seems to think of me as a jen. except my grandma who thinks of me as a jennifer. or zoe who thinks of me as an itchy. or libby who thinks of me as a jentle. or lachie who thinks of me as a jk. or cathy bell who thinks of me as a quacker. still. i think of myself as a jenny.
i decided yesterday, besides it not really mattering at all, that i don't like it when i tell people i've never met before that my name is jenny, and they immediately call me jen. i told them my name was jenny, not jen. but it's ok if you call me jen if that's how you were introduced to me, or if i know you well. that's ok. i just get annoyed if people assume we're that buddy buddy. see... it's silly and unmattering. blah.
Category: Whatevernessi think of you as either "jen from blogfeed" or "jen from fusion". sort of like "jabba the hut" or "alexander the great". but they have 'the' as their middle name. so maybe it could be "jen the blogger".
Posted by: chris at July 24, 2004 01:08 PMoops. i just read all of that post. perhaps "jenny the blogger".
Posted by: chris at July 24, 2004 01:16 PMhehe. that made me laugh out loud chris. see, it's ok to be jen to you or other bloggers, coz that's how i've been introduced or am known as. so it's good. you can rightfully call me jen :)
it's like you're "matthew lorne chris". or "chris from blogfeed".
Posted by: jen at July 24, 2004 01:42 PMyes, one day i think i might be brave enough to introduce myself as mathew lorne. i've always thought it's a cooler name the plain old chris simpson. it's a bit plain sounding. like john smith. only, the chris part makes it more iffeminate.
Posted by: chris at July 24, 2004 02:02 PMAlthough I generally introduce myself as Fiona - I don't actually like it when people i know call me Fiona I'd rather be Fi - and I normally sign
Fi if in notes and emails etc unless they're formal!
I like nicknames! I generally have a couple of different things I call each person depending on my mood as well as their normal name!
Posted by: Fi at July 26, 2004 11:32 AM